Folding baby-carriage.



Patented July 4, I899.

J. ANDERSON.

' FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

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No. 628,295. Patented July 4, I899.

J. ANDERSON.

FOLDING; BABY CARRIAGE.

(Application fihd Aug. 18, 1897.) (No Modbl.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN ANDERSON, or BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDlNG BABY-CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,295, dated July 4., 1399.

Application filed August 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ANDERSON, of Bradford, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Folding Baby'- Oarriages; and I do hereby declare the fol low-' ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will .enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionrelates to improvements in folding baby-carriages; and it consists in the novel combination and arrangement of simple parts adapted to be folded together when not in use.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and durable carriage of the kind specified that can be foldedinto compact form to bestored when not desired for use and one which can be readily fitted up as a sleighor a cradle when desired. Many advantages of my improved carriage will become apparent in the course of i the following description, and the points of novelty Will be particularly pointed out in the claims. I am enabled to accomplish the objects of my invention by the ineans'illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents aperspective viewof' my improved carriage. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the axles of the carriage, the folded positionthereof being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 represents an elevation'of the folding body with rockers attached thereto to form a cradle.

Fig. 4is a perspective of sleigh-runners adapted to support and carry my folding baby-carriage body. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the body of the carriage with the sides and ends folded.

'Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the body of the carriage, and 2 the bottom thereof, hinged at or near its center, as indicated by the numeral-3.

The numeral 4: indicates the'endsof the carriage-body, which are formed in two pieces 5 and 6, hinged, asindicatedat 7, and adapted to be folded inwardly.

The numeral 8 indicates the sides of the carriage, which are also formed in two pieces 8 and 10 and hinged, as indicated at 11. The side pieces are provided with short pivoted arms 12 upon their upper end edges, which 1897. Serial N6. 648,620. (No model.)

are perforated for the reception of plnslo,

end pieces 6. The side pieces 5 and6 are fur 'ther provided with hooks 14 at their end edges, which are adapted to engage the eyes or pro jections 15, provided on the end of the carriage-body. The pivoted arms 12, the pins passing therethrough, and the hooks and projections form a convenient means for securely holding the carriage-body in unfolded to the bottom byhinges 16, which have one opposite sides of the body and are adapted to The numeral 17 indicates the axles of the carriage, which are attached to the under side of the bottom of the bod y by means of springs 18, which are secured to the axles and the body of the carriage by screws or any other convenient means.

The axles 17 are each formed in two parts .19, hinged at or near their-centers by a hinge axles andon either side of the centers thereof are four arms-21, which extend to a point at orabout. midway between said axles, where they are turned inwardly and hinged together, as indicated at 22. The axles are provided with shoulders and reduced portions at their ends for the reception of Wheels, as usual.

- The numeral 23 indicates a pair of rockers which are provided with two upright arms 24.- and a transverse arm 25, which are provided with perforations near their ends for the reception of grooves or bolts, which serve as means for attaching the rockers to the carriage-body. Thenumeral 26 indicates two sleigh-runners,which are connected at their upper sides by bars 2.7,whichhave their ends turned unbars 27 by means of bolts3l, which pass position. The sides 8 of the body are hingedleaf attached-to the side sections 9 and 10 on through the said braces and bar 27 and which pass through said arms and into a perforation made in the upper sideedges of the fold inwardly when the bodyis being folded.

20, which permits them to be foldedinwardly. Pivotally attached to the inner sides of said *der, as indicated by the numeral 28, for the 1 through the bottom of the carriagebody, where they are provided with nuts to secure the runners to the body.

The handle 32 is provided at its lower end with perforated metallic portions 33, which are adapted to fit around the under side of the axle and be secured thereto by screws or bolts.

When it is desired to fold the body, the pins 13 are removed and the hooks unhooked, when one side is folded inward, turning on the hinge 16 until it is against the bottom of the body,when the piece 9 is folded, turning upon hinge 11 until it is in folded position upon the piece 10. The opposite side of the body is folded on hinge 11 and then moved inward and folded upon the bottom of the body. For convenience the end pieces 6 are folded inwardly upon the already-folded portions, and the bottom pieces are folded until the whole structure assumes the position shown in Fig. 6.

Many changes and modifications may be made without changing the character of my invention or departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

g 1. A baby-carriage body involving the combination of a bottom made in sections hinged together to fold outward and back against each other, sides made in sections, one of the side sections being hinged to the bottom section to swing inward against the bottom section, and the other side section being hinged to its complement to swing outward, ends made in sections hinged together to fold over the free ends of the folded sides, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a suitable collapsible carrier or support, and a baby-carriage body composed of a bottom made in sections hinged together to fold outward and back against each other, sides made in sections, one of the side sections being hinged to the bottom section to swing inward against the bottom section and the other side section being hinged to its complement to swing outward, and ends made in sections h-inged together to fold over the free ends of the folded sides, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the ing witnesses.

JOHN ANDERSON.

\Yitnesses:

PETER E. PETERSON, GEo. A. BERRY.

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